NO DELUSION

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 5

NO DELUSION

BRITISH INTERESTS FIRST

WARNING TO GERMAN PUBLIC.

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(Received 24th January, -noon.) ' LONDON, 23rd January. Berlin does not expect Mr. Macdonald greatly to change British foreign policy. "It-is thought," says the Berlin correspondent of "The Times," "that his chief task will he in the realm of Home affairs The public are warned against the delusion that the Labour Party will give- precedence to any but British interests.

. "Nevertheless, some hopes are held out that the Labour Government will talc-.} a stronger line "regarding reparations. ..

lhe Democratic and Socialist newspapers, for instance suggest that steps for a general liquidation fi f the war's aftermath may be taken. by Mr Macdonald along new lines, perhaps, through the medium of the League of Nations or a congress, where Germany will appear on terms of equality with Britain and Erance.

'lhe retention of the naval programme even m the interest of employment caused a, gasp of astonishement It is accepted as evidence that nothing very revolutionary must be expected from. British Labour."